continental drift

Japanese translation: 大陸移動、大陸漂移

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00:54 Oct 1, 2008

English to Japanese translations [PRO]Science - GeologyAdditional field(s): Geography

English term or phrase:continental drift

Definition from CENGAGE Learning:The hypothesis, proposed by Alfred Wegener, that today's continents broke off from a single supercontinent and then plowed through the ocean floors into their present positions. This explanation of the shapes and locations of Earth's current continents evolved into the theory of plate tectonics.

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Wegener's Continental Drift theory was not readily accepted by the science community of his day. It was difficult to conceive of large continents plowing through the sea floor to move to new locations. kids.earth.nasa.gov

The fossil record supports and gives credence to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics. enchantedlearning.com

According to the continental drift theory, the supercontinent Pangaea began to break up about 225-200 million years ago, eventually fragmenting into the continents as we know them today. USGS

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大陸移動、大陸漂移

Definition from http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/er/ES_Y_04:大陸移動説（theory of continental drift）①『地球上の各大陸が、地質時代を通じて大規模な移動を行ない、相対位置を変えてきたという説。1912年にウェーゲナーは大西洋両海岸線の相似性、古気候学、古生物学などの根拠にもとづき、各大陸は中生代まで1つの巨大大陸をなしており、その後に分裂、移動して今日の形をとったと主張したが、移動を可能にする物理的機構が不十分なため、一般には否定された。1950年以後、古地磁気学の研究結果を説明するために、大陸が移動するという考えが復活し、海洋底拡大説を経てプレートテクトニクスとして統一された。大陸移動の機構についてはマントル対流説などが提唱されている。』

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